On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 08:13:08PM +0100, ProgAndy wrote: > Am 01.03.2018 um 00:41 schrieb Dutch Ingraham: > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 04:54:03PM -0600, Doug Newgard via arch-general wrote: > > > On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 12:43:26 -0600 > > > Dutch Ingraham <stoa@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 11:50:09AM -0600, Doug Newgard via arch-general wrote: > > > > > You're looking at the dates that the last *bundle* was released. That says > > > > > nothing about what firmware is available for your processor. Your microcode was > > > > > "updated early", so it is being loaded just fine. > > > > > > > > > > Scimmia > > > > Thanks, Scimmia. I had considered that, but thought that would have > > > > been spelled-out somewhere on Intel's site and didn't want to just > > > > assume. So, how does one determine what files are on the .img? > > > The img file can be extracted with bsdtar. iucode_tool in the AUR used for > > > working with the intel bin file inside of that .img file. It can list, extract, > > > search, and more. There's even an example on the Microcode wiki page. > > > > Did you just add that wiki page information?? (I'm just kidding, of > > course.) Totally missed it - thanks for the info! > > In February Intel also released a PDF with available and planned microcode > updates. The original now asks for a login, but this is a mirror: > > http://www-pc.uni-regensburg.de/systemsw/security/microcode-update-guidance_02122018.pdf > > > Original location: > https://newsroom.intel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/02/microcode-update-guidance.pdf That's excellent information. Apparently, my 8 year old Core2 may soon be getting its first MCU!
